Where to sit, sip and slow down in Florence.
Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Florence lingers in over a cortado.
Caffe Gilli in Florence's Piazza della Repubblica is the city's oldest cafe, opened in 1733, with the same marble counter and the original Belle Epoque.
OrderEspresso at the counter (€1.50) and a cantuccino dipped in Vin Santo.
DrinkEspresso at the marble counter
TipCounter pricing is half of table service. Open daily 07:30 to midnight; the terrace seats 60.
Rivoire in Florence has poured the city's benchmark hot chocolate at the Piazza della Signoria corner since 1872, with a chocolate-making lab in the back.
OrderThe dense hot chocolate (€7), the cioccolato fondente in winter, and any sfoglia pastry from the case.
DrinkHot chocolate
TipCounter pricing is half of table; the piazza terrace is worth the €15 minimum for the Palazzo Vecchio view.
Ditta Artigianale in Florence's Via dei Neri is Francesco Sanapo's flagship roastery and cafe, with single-origin filter coffees, espresso and one.
OrderA V60 filter from the rotating origins board, plus a brunch plate on weekends.
DrinkSingle-origin filter coffee
TipOpen daily 08:00-22:00. The roasted-bean retail counter ships internationally.
La Menagere in Florence's San Lorenzo is the all-day concept inside a 19th-century housewares shop, with breakfast, brunch, lunch, aperitivo and live jazz.
OrderThe morning brioche and cappuccino, then aperitivo from 18:30.
DrinkAll-day espresso and aperitivo
TipOpen daily 07:00 to midnight. Live jazz Wed-Sun from 21:30 Cash or contactless, both fine.
Caffe Cibreo in Florence's Sant'Ambrogio quarter is the all-day cafe-and-bar of the Cibreo group, with a walnut counter, daily-baked Cibreo pastries.
OrderEspresso at the counter, the daily Cibreo pastry, the lunchtime small-plates board.
DrinkEspresso and Cibreo pastries
TipClosed Sunday and Monday. The walnut bar seats 12; arrive at 08:00 for a stool.
Caffe Paszkowski in Florence's Piazza della Repubblica is the 1846 Polish-founded cafe that became the haunt of the early-20th-century literary set.
OrderEspresso at the bar, panna cotta in the dining room, an aperitivo Negroni on the terrace.
DrinkEspresso and panna cotta
TipOpen daily 07:00 to midnight. The terrace seats 80; live piano from 19:30 nightly.
Caffe Le Giubbe Rosse in Florence's Piazza della Repubblica is the 1897 cafe that hosted Marinetti and the Futurists in the 1910s, with a daily literary.
OrderEspresso at the marble counter, panforte di Siena, an aperitivo Americano.
DrinkEspresso at the literary terrace
TipOpen daily 08:00 to midnight. Look for the Futurist plaques in the back salon.
Scudieri in Florence sits directly across from the Duomo's Baptistery, a 1939 cafe-pasticceria with a terrace looking onto the cathedral and a daily-rotating.
OrderEspresso, schiacciata alla fiorentina with chocolate cream, the cantuccini.
DrinkEspresso facing the Duomo
TipOpen daily 07:30 to midnight. Terrace pricing reflects the Duomo view; counter is half.
Procacci in Florence's Via Tornabuoni shopping street is the 1885 truffle bar, with the white-tile counter, the panino tartufato and a Prosecco glass for €5.
OrderThe truffle panino (€7), a glass of Antinori Prosecco and a tagliere of Tuscan salumi.
DrinkTruffle panino and Prosecco
TipClosed Sunday. Counter only; standing-room two-deep at 18:00 aperitivo.
Cantinetta da Verrazzano in Florence's Via dei Tavolini is the bakery-and-wine-bar of the Castello da Verrazzano estate, with a wood-fired oven baking.
OrderSchiacciata stuffed with prosciutto, the daily focaccia and a Verrazzano Chianti Classico.
DrinkBakery espresso and Verrazzano Chianti
TipClosed Sunday. Wine-by-the-glass list goes deep into Tuscan estates; ask for the Sassello.
Ditta Artigianale Oltrarno in Florence's San Frediano quarter is the Sprone-corner sister room of Sanapo's flagship, with the same single-origin filter.
OrderFilter coffee of the day, the avocado-on-sourdough breakfast, a Negroni at aperitivo.
DrinkSingle-origin filter coffee
TipOpen daily 08:00 to midnight. The Oltrarno room runs the cocktail program later than Via dei Neri.
Santarosa Bistrot in Florence's San Frediano sits inside the Arno-side park on Lungarno di Santa Rosa, an all-day cafe with a garden terrace, breakfast.
OrderCappuccino in the garden, the daily focaccia plate, an aperitivo spritz at sunset.
DrinkCappuccino in the garden
TipOpen daily 08:00-23:30. The park-side garden seats 80; closed when it rains.
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